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SOLAR OBELISKS IN ANTIQUE AND CHRISTIAN ROME

E. Jastrzebowska

Kwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej > 2004 > 52 > 2 > 135-152

The article is devoted primarily to five of the twelve obelisks surviving in Rome until the present time. The objects in question, imported from Egypt, since the times of Augustus were set in Roman circuses in the middle of the arena used for chariot races. All the Roman obelisks were made of the same kind of red granite quarried in Aswan, but in different periods.The two oldest obelisks (bearing...

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THE WARDROBE AS A REFLECTION OF TASTE, FINANCIAL SITUATION AND SOCIAL STATUS IN THE 16th CENTURY

K. Turska

Kwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej > 2004 > 52 > 2 > 207-216

The first inventory considered, listing the belongings of the nobleman Godziatkowski, does not reflect the owner's taste. Making a living as farmer, he was not particularly well-off and had a minimal set of festive garments, though made of high quality materials (an overcoat and trousers of Italian woollen cloth, shirts of Cologne linen). He obviously paid more attention to riding equipment, as he...

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FAIENCE PRODUCTION IN POLAND IN THE 19th CENTURY. RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES

K. Soltan-Koscielecka

Kwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej > 2004 > 52 > 2 > 222-228

The communiqué focuses on selected issues connected with the production of faience in Poland in the 19th c. It quotes some opinions of nineteenth-century users concerning products of various pottery workshops, especially on the source of inspiration for shaping and decorating earthenware, but also on its technological properties. The latter issue seems to be most interesting for an archaeologist,...

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THE ELITE OF THE SIERADZ REGION AS FOUNDERS IN LATE MIDDLE AGES. RESEARCH IN PROGRESS

L. Kajzer

Kwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej > 2004 > 52 > 2 > 189-206

The article is concerned with the historical region of Sieradz (between the 14th and 18th c. an administrative district), an area of over 9000 square kilometers, located to the south-west of the present city of Lódz. The term 'late Middle Ages', used in the title, has to be treated broadly, as the phenomena in question are evidenced mainly in the 15th and 16th c., with earlier foundations being scarce...

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PILGRIMAGES OF THE INHABITANTS OF SOUTH BALTIC MEDIAEVAL TOWNS IN THE LIGHT OF PILGRIM EMBLEM FINDS. RESEARCH IN PROGRESS

M. Rebkowski

Kwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej > 2004 > 52 > 2 > 153-188

One of very interesting categories of finds resulting from excavations in northern European towns are artefacts connected with pilgrimages.They greatly extend our knowledge, mostly drawn from written sources, concerning the geography of pilgrimages, the spread of cults, pilgrimage customs, forms of worship, and the hagiography and iconography of saints.The article analyses the finds of pilgrim badges...

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FAIENCE PRODUCTION (POLAND) (1)
FORTIFIED MANORS (1)
NOBLEMEN'S WARDROBE (POLAND) (1)
OBELISKS (ROME) (1)
PILGRIMAGES' ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDY (SOUTH BALTIC TOWNS) (1)
POTTERY WORKSHOPS (1)
SIERADZ REGION ELITE (POLAND) (1)

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Kwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej

SOLAR OBELISKS IN ANTIQUE AND CHRISTIAN ROME

THE WARDROBE AS A REFLECTION OF TASTE, FINANCIAL SITUATION AND SOCIAL STATUS IN THE 16th CENTURY

FAIENCE PRODUCTION IN POLAND IN THE 19th CENTURY. RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES

THE ELITE OF THE SIERADZ REGION AS FOUNDERS IN LATE MIDDLE AGES. RESEARCH IN PROGRESS

PILGRIMAGES OF THE INHABITANTS OF SOUTH BALTIC MEDIAEVAL TOWNS IN THE LIGHT OF PILGRIM EMBLEM FINDS. RESEARCH IN PROGRESS

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